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Monday, 23 February 2015

All of us know that the residents
of Saudi Arabia have the liberty to enjoy the on arrival visit visa of any GCC
country. GCC countries are Bahrain,
Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Residents of
no other country enjoy this privilege since Saudi Arabia does not give on
arrival visa to all the residents of GCC countries. Only GCC citizens can get
on arrival access to Saudi Arabia. There are some requirements which need to be
filled at the time when you are going to a particular country and we have
covered them in detail in separate articles. You can read them in the related
articles tab at the end of the article. So it is clear that residents of Saudi
Arabia can get on arrival visa of GCC countries but what about the people who
have come to Saudi Arabia on family visit visa? We have covered it later on in
this article.

On
Arrival Visit Visa of GCC Countries for Dependents of Employees

All working Iqama holders
can get on arrival visit visa of the GCC countries if that particular country
issues visas to the profession from which he belongs. The dependents of such
iqama holders can also get on arrival visit visa if they enter to the respective
GCC country along with him. Let’s take an example of the doctor whose family is
resident of Saudi Arabia. Wife and children and housemaid of a doctor can get
on arrival visit visa of Dubai if they enter to the Kingdom along with Doctor. Now
a question arises, what about those who have been brought here in Saudi Arabia
by the doctor on family visit visa? Can they also get on arrival visit visa of
GCC countries if they travel with doctor?

On
Arrival Visit Visa of GCC countries for Family Visit Visa Holders in KSA

Family visit visa holders
of Saudi Arabia cannot get on arrival visit visa of GCC countries even if they
travel along with the applicant of their visa who is Iqama holder. The
provision of on arrival visa is only given to those people who are residents of
Saudi Arabia (Iqama Holders). Family visit visa holders are not residents of
Saudi Arabia so there is no question of granting them on arrival visit visa of
GCC countries. However, there is an important point which I want you to
consider.

Important
consideration

As I have already
mentioned above that on arrival visit visa of GCC countries is only available
to the Iqama holders and family visit visa holders of Saudi Arabia would not be
able to get this visa. If someone wants to take this risk of getting on arrival
visa, keep in mind that Family Visit Visa of Saudi Arabia is only single entry
visa. So once family visit visa holder leaves the Kingdom, he will not be able
to enter back to the Kingdom on same visa.